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(This from one of our most experienced paddlers originally from South Africa. If you are really good in the waves, you can easily get out of practice with your remounts….)
fennmako
02/13/16 #18639
Well, after doing a fair amount of swimming in the Bay this AM, I learned a bunch of interesting lessons:
1. Always have Steve Scoggins and Kirk on hand to help you when your remount sucks, which mine apparently does. Huge shoutout to Steve for having the situational awareness to notice my swimming in circles and paddle over to help from a ways away; and then being super-calm and helpful in pulling alongside to help me get back in my boat. And huge shoutout to Kirk for retrieving a lost paddle and learning how to paddle himself plus extra paddle in choppy conditions while freezing to death.
2. Don't over-tighten your footstraps. I never thought your feet could get stuck in them until today. It's not fun being face-down struggling to get your feet out; and it took me a while and a fair bit of water inhalation.
3. Practice remounts (I never do, and it got me in trouble).
4. It can happen to anyone.
John Rybczyk
02/13/16 #18640
I might be one of the best re-mounters in all of Bellingham and it's all because of unscheduled, but frequent practice. It's the silver lining that comes along with having lousy balance.
johnr
Reivers Dustin
02/13/16 #18641
JR - you and Roger L get remount cred. I think you win overall due to the Bond, James Bond remount episode in the gorge. Nobody is going to top that one.
It really is poopy to paddle with two paddles. LG gets cred for doing it with one left-hand feather and one right-hand feather. In monster wind/waves.
No shame in falling out. Don't let anyone act like there is - thats a sucker-play. Try this out: on a decent day with nice rides just say out loud where Neptune can hear you, “Check this, I'm not even bracing!”. Ha!
rd
David Scherrer
02/14/16 #18642
My vote goes to MG for the most expedient remount style.
David
